Trump dismisses US sanctions threat to Russia

 President-elect Donald Trump has dismissed the US threat to increase sanctions against Russia, saying “we ought to get on with our lives”. The White House said it will retaliate for the alleged hacking by Russia of the Democratic Party during the recent presidential election campaign. Russia has denied any involvement in the hacking. But Mr […]

 President-elect Donald Trump has dismissed the US threat to increase sanctions against Russia, saying “we ought to get on with our lives”.

The White House said it will retaliate for the alleged hacking by Russia of the Democratic Party during the recent presidential election campaign. Russia has denied any involvement in the hacking.

But Mr Trump, who has been criticised for being too cosy with Russia, told reporters outside his Florida resort the issue of retaliation was a distraction and there was no conclusive evidence who was behind the hacks.

The US intelligence agencies are in agreement that hackers linked to the Kremlin accessed emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee and the emails of a top Hillary Clinton aide.

Contents from the emails were made public, in an embarrassing series of stories for Mrs Clinton throughout the final stages of her campaign.